120 Quotes About Change in Life and Moving On

I leave you 120 quotes about change in life and have a happier new life of great historical authors. Among them are Gandhi , Stephen Hawking, Walt Disney, Nelson Mandela, Wayner Dyer or Steve Jobs. They will help you reflect on what you need to change and have a happier new life.

46. “There are three constants in life … change, choice and principles.”-Stephen Covey

47. “If you think that feeling bad or worried will change a past or present event, you are living on another planet with another system of reality.”
–William James

48. “We can not change the past, so we change how people think, feel, and behave.”-Albert Ellis

49. “To live is to change and to be perfect is to have changed often.”-John Henry Newman

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50. “The world hates change, and yet it is the only thing that brings progress.”-Charles Kettering

51. “The only educated person is one who has learned how to learn and change.”-Carl Rogers

52. “If you do not like something, change it. If you can not change it, change your attitude.”-Maya Angelou

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53. “The first step towards change is consciousness. The second step is acceptance.”-Nathaniel Branden

54. “Change is not only probable, it is inevitable.”-Barbara Sher

55. “When you forgive, you do not change the past in any way, but you certainly change the future.”-Bernard Meltzer

56. “They always say that time changes things, but in fact you have to change them yourself.”-Andy Warhol

57. “What is necessary to change a person is to change their consciousness about themselves.”-Abraham Maslow

58. “If you do not change the address, you could end up where you started.”-Lao Tzu

59. “Without change, something sleeps within us. The one who sleeps must wake up.”-Frank Herbert

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60. “If you accept the expectations of others, especially negatives, you will never change the outcome.”-Michael Jordan

61. “In the last 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and wondered: If today were your last day of life, would you want to do what you are going to do today? And if the answer has been “no” for too long, I know I need some change.”-Steve Jobs

62. “If we do not change, we do not grow. If we do not grow, we really are not living.”-Gail Sheehy

63. “To change what you get you must change what you are.”-Vernon Howard

64. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”-Robin Williams

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65. “Never believe that a few people who care about themselves can not change the world. Because, in fact, those are the ones that have always changed you.”-Margaret Mead

66. “We can not change anything until we do not accept ourselves. The sentence does not release, oppress.”-Carl Jung

67. “Just when I think I’ve learned the way to live life, life changes.”-Hugh Prather

68. “Happiness is not the absence of problems, it is the ability to deal with them.”-Steve Maraboli

69. “Often a change of ourselves is more necessary than a change of scenery.”-AC Benson

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70. “There is nothing permanent except change.”-Heraclitus

71. “Face what you are, for that is what changes what you are.”-Soren Kierkegaard

72. “The world is changing rapidly. The great will not hit the small. It will be the fast that hits the slow.”-Rupert Murdoch

73. “God gave me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.-Reinhold Niebuhr

74. “If you do not like the way things are, change them, you’re not a tree.-Jim Rohn

75. “You can not control what’s happening to you, but you can control your attitude to what’s happening to you.”-Brian Tracy

76. “If you want to make enemies, try to change something.”-Woodrow Wilson

77. “Change your life today. Do not play with your future, act now, without delay.”-Simone de Beauvoir

78. “Miracles happen daily, change your perception of what a miracle is and you will see them around you.”-Jon Bon Jovi

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79. “Dear friends, love is better than hatred. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. Therefore, let us love, hope, be optimistic, and change in the world.”-Jack Layton.

80. “Slowness in change usually means fear of the new.”-Phil Crosby.

81. “If there is something we want to change in the child, we should examine ourselves first and see if it is not something we could change in ourselves.”-Carl Jung.

82. “Vision without action is only a dream. With action without vision only time passes. With vision and action you can change the world.”-Joel A. Barker

83. “The lost is nothing more than change, and change is a delight of nature.”-Marco Aurelio

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84. “To change a habit, make a conscious decision. Then, act according to the new behavior.”-Maxwell Maltz

85. “Sometimes if you want to see things change for the better, you have to do things with your own hands.”-Clean Eastwood

86. “Money and success do not change people; simply amplify what is already there.”
-Will Smith

87. “Change in all things is sweet.”-Aristotle

88. “Growth is the only evidence of life.”-John Henry Newman

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89. “Not all change is growth, just as not all movement is forward.”-Ellen Glasgow

91. “You may not be able to change the situation, but with humor you can change your attitude toward her.”-Allen Klein

92. “Find pleasure in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home … it is your responsibility to love him or change him.-Chuck Palahniuk

93. “When you’ve just changed, you’re done.”-Benjamin Franklin.

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94. We spend our time looking for safety and hate it when we get it.-John Steinbeck.

95. Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to stay the same but better.-Sydney J. Harris.

96. The times and conditions change so quickly that we must keep our goal constantly focused on the future.-Walt Disney.

97. Perfection is immutable. But for imperfect things, change is the way to perfect them.-Owen Feltham.

98. “Excuses do not change anything, but they make people feel better.”-Mason Cooley

99. You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future or past.-Richard Bach

100. Change is inevitable. Change is constant.-Benjamin Disraeli

101. “The most unhappy people are the ones who fear change.”-Mignon McLaughlin

102. ‘As with anything creative, change is inevitable.”-Enya

103. “What we achieve in the interior changes our reality.”-Plutarch

104. “People are always looking for the magic bullet that will change everything. There is no magic bullet.’-Temple Grandin

105. “Education is the most powerful weapon to change the world.”-Nelson Mandela

106. “Act the way you’d like to be and you’ll soon be the way you’d like to act.”-Bob Dylan

107. “Nobody wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven do not want to die. However, death is the fate we all share. No one has escaped her. And so it should be, because death is the best invention of life. It is the agent of change of life. Clean the old to make way for the new.”-Steve Jobs

108. “Music can change the world because it can change people.”-Bono

109. “Either way the change will come. It may be bloody or it could be beautiful. It depends on us.”
-Arundhati Roy

110. “Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.”-Carol Burnett

111. “Remember: a book, a pencil, a child and a teacher can change the world.”-Malala Yousafzai

112. “Negative emotions such as loneliness, envy and guilt play an important role in a happy life; are big signs that something needs to be changed.”-Gretchen Rubin

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